"And when we've already established that there's so many other better things we could be doing," he jokes back.

But hey, he's run this guy around enough, so he gestures with the glass of gin.

"All I'm going to say is I gained some ground up a difficult mountain to climb, and I don't mean the one we're sitting on. He- or she- has been a very good time, and I've been enjoying myself. Happy?"